With the increasing equality of the sexes may rely men less and less on old standards, in order to justify her Husband. Instead of “typically female” boundaries, especially traditional men strong> homosexuality emphasized the<, shows a Geneva study.
Before the feminist Revolution at the end of the 1960s, the question of masculinity was relatively clear: masculinity signified strength, independence, and self-confidence to show. And not “behavior especially: typically female”.
Since then, much has changed: women claim the previously typical male properties, and men are allowed to show and should emotions and empathy, as well as the use for the family. The old Masculinity Definition no longer works.
in Order to escape the crisis of identity, based men, according to a study more on the distinction to homosexuality, such as the University of Geneva writes, in a message from Tuesday. Scientists to Juan M. Falomir of the University of Geneva investigated whether the perceived “feminization” of men depends, in General, with the increase or decrease in homophobic settings.
she Confronted a group of men with the Information, men were never so feminine as it is today, and questioned them later about their attitude to homosexuality, they rejected these more than in the comparison groups and emphasized even more their own heterosexuality. The researchers report in the journal “Sex Roles”. In the study, 220 men took part.
homophobia as “Masculinity”
in Particular, in the case of “traditional” set of men, their Masculinity Definition strongly on the delineation of the Female support (anti-feminine Norm), responded to the decreasing importance of this Norm with the increasing rejection of homosexuality. The loss of the anti-feminine Norm has been compensated for by an emphasis on the heterosexual Norm. However, it is important to emphasize that this is the case on a modern-minded men far less, wrote the University of Geneva.
The more the gender differences disappear, the harder it would be “traditional” men, this equality is clear, and to construct furthermore, their masculinity, had Falomir quote. Since they could not clearly differentiate from women, you might see homophobia as a way, your “Man”.
These results reflect according to the researchers, the Problem of Western societies, with gender equality to progress, but to act on the Rights of gay people hesitant.
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Created: 22.01.2019, 19:18 Uhr